At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

In this way, the pressure on the emperor will be extremely huge. After this matter spreads to the local area, the anger and resistance of the local officials will further shake the emperor's will.

Their fight is won.

Just like when the central government and the local government joined forces to force Liu Xiu to compromise.

A struggle can win 200 years of prosperity, no matter how you look at it, it is worth it!

So, they pulled themselves together.

While attacking Xu Jing's home, while attacking the homes of the four major families of Kong Yuan, Xun Jia, and at the same time forcing some famous people and high-ranking officials in power to express their support for them, otherwise they will be enemies, and Xu Jing and the four great families will suffer!

Before there were no higher-level scholar officials left, Wei Shen, Qu Chu, Qi Yuan, and Ma Miao became the public leaders of the rebellion, each with a division of labor.

Wei Shen is in charge of leading the Tai students, giving them goal guidance and action plans, and the other three are responsible for maintaining the protest actions of the officials.

Seeing that the scholars made the matter more and more serious and the pressure was increasing, some officials and celebrities who were reluctant to express their views were now a little hesitant and a little shaken.

There was no reaction from the emperor's side. Xu Jing, who was speaking for him, and the Four Great Families who were standing on his side were besieged and could not speak.

Not only that, the students of Shiren Tai further launched a class strike.

I don't go to class, and I don't allow other students in Taixue to go to class.

Those children from poor families and Li Shu's children wanted to go to class, but they occupied the lecture hall and they were not allowed to go to class.

The poor family's children and the Li Shu's children were few in number, and they wanted to rush in, but they were outnumbered, they couldn't beat them, they couldn't beat them, so they could only back away, anxious.

Those lecturers were blocked in the lecturer's living area and could not go out. Once they went out to show up, they were asked to express their support for them.

Yuan Si, one of the four masters, ignited the anger of the scholars because of the rumor incident and tried to persuade the scholars to go back to class. Splashed all over the body, fled in embarrassment.

Now his reputation is rotten, and he is completely on the opposite side of this intellectual protest.

Xu Jing, the four major families, was released together to bear the anger, accusations and attacks of the scholars, and was set up as a model of the royal eagle dog, and his reputation basically rotted.

Wei Shen and others have become "model scholars" because of their fearless resistance actions and "neither humble nor overbearing" actions in the face of imperial power, and they are likely to replace the four big families and become the leaders of the new four big families.

Seeing that the scholars gradually formed an organization, a leader, and a program of action in the original chaos, the emperor Guo still didn't make any statement.

The time has entered September.

Protests have become more widespread, and many government offices have seen a large number of job vacancies.

The scholars and bureaucrats who were still hesitating and still working were persuaded by their colleagues who had participated in the strike before, and decided not to go to work and put aside their official duties, so as to increase the pressure on the emperor.

The smaller the official, the lower the status, the more straightforward. Those who have status and official positions are really a little cautious.

Leading officials who did not dare to go on strike easily were forced to shoulder heavy responsibilities. Accompanied by a few humble officials and a handful of scholar-bureaucrats who were unwilling to participate in this matter, they struggled to maintain the operation of the central government.

This group of people was constantly busy day and night, and it felt like they had entered Shura's purgatory.

But this is not a long-term solution after all. Some people can't bear such heavy work pressure. The above table requests the emperor to take the overall situation into consideration, respond to the call of the scholars, and restore everything to the original state, so that the government can quickly resume operation.

This is their only request.

Otherwise, if this continues, it will be very tiring and really unbearable.

But during this period of time, the emperor seemed to know nothing, without saying a word or doing anything, allowing the scholars to storm the entire Luoyang public opinion field.

Chen Lin, the strongest mouth-smelling weapon that the emperor was accustomed to using, didn't say a word, neither did the group of imperial literati who usually supported the emperor, nor did those old dog lickers.

The scholars who had previously made the emperor almost a saint were now in the vanguard of opposing this policy.

It seems that the matter that the emperor and Xu Jing tossed out seems to have caused His Majesty the Emperor to betray his relatives.

Once encountering such a strong resistance from the scholars, even if it did not involve the military level, it still made the emperor very embarrassed and caught the emperor by surprise.

So there is reason to believe that the emperor can't find anyone who is willing to support him, and now, he is thinking of a way to end this matter decently.

After someone put forward such a point of view, the scholars who participated in the rebellion became even more excited, and began to step up their efforts to besiege the residences of Xu Jing and the four great masters, and stepped up their efforts to strike classes and schools, and went around the streets to spread Xu Jing's black history.

Now all the children in Luoyang know that the reason why Xu Jing fell out with his clansman Xu Shao was because Xu Jing had an affair with his concubine and made a very bloody thing.

There are also some black histories whose authenticity is not known about the representatives of the four major families, and some "love affairs" of their children.

Luoyang people don't know why, and they already treat this incident as a joke in their daily life, and it has become a happy moment in their spare time.

But in such an atmosphere, there is also an inexplicable worry hidden by some people.

The emperor was too quiet.

This is not right.

It can be seen from the emperor's past behavior patterns that the emperor is very strong, even if he does not gain the upper hand for a while, he will persist until he gains the upper hand.

Unless it is true that all the royal literati groups, including Chen Lin, turned against the water this time, and the emperor really betrayed his relatives, how could the emperor not say a word?

This is not right, how could the emperor betray all relatives when he couldn't find a single supporter?

Even if the scholars do not support it, will his relatives not support it?

The Cao family and the Xiahou family don't support it?

Will the four major families that have just entered into a marriage support it?

Will his cronies and former officials support him?

All betrayed?

Even those from poor families?

No way?

When more and more scholars and officials feel that the situation is good and give up forbearance and join the resistance queue, some people's senses are getting worse and worse.

They always feel that something is about to happen.

They are getting more and more worried and more and more afraid.

The keen political sense that has been under the political oppression of Guo for a long time told them that something is wrong, this is very wrong.

Something must have been overlooked.

However, they don't know what exactly they ignored.

In fact, not to mention them, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries were also wondering why the emperor still sat on the Diaoyutai without saying a word when there was so much noise outside.

Cao Cao didn't know, Guo Jia didn't know, and Guo Peng's two closest confidants didn't know why he was so calm.

The large series of scholars has caused more than 50.00% of the officials of the imperial court to go on strike.

Of the remaining less than 50.00%, the remaining less than 20.00% of the scholars and bureaucrats may rebel at any time, and they are constantly rebelling.

After September, less than [-] percent of the scholars and bureaucrats remained in the government offices.

In such a critical situation, the emperor didn't react at all.

There was no movement in the inner court.

The imperial army remained silent.

The guards outside the city also remained silent.

The emperor ate and drank as usual and dealt with state affairs as usual. Facing the doubts and requests of Cao Cao and other officials, he ignored them all, as if giving up struggling, as if he wanted to compare with the scholars who could consume more.

Cao Cao once raised his concerns to Guo Peng in the afternoon.

"At present, the news has not spread throughout the country. Once it spreads across the country, it will definitely cause turmoil among the local county guards and governors. Order! Even with some coercive means."

Cao Cao's ass is naturally sitting on Guo Peng's side, and he is willing to help Guo Peng achieve his goal, but Guo Peng's unmoving attitude makes him feel worried.

Guo Peng just smiled.

"Guyi has never been punished for his words, and what's more, twisted melons are not sweet."

"But Your Majesty, this is not..."

Cao Cao wanted to say something, but Guo Peng stopped him and didn't let him continue.

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Guo Peng's attitude made some officials feel confused, and it also made some officials feel that the emperor was playing tricks but was ready to compromise.

So another group of people joined the ranks of resistance.

They publicly expressed their opposition to Xu Jing's proposal, and demanded that the emperor dismiss Xu Jing, stop the investigation of the procuratorate, and reopen the procuratorate.

It didn't take long, around the eighth day of September, a local sheriff who was closer to Luoyang began to register.

They said that they were seriously concerned about Xu Jing's proposal, and they hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would not be deceived by the courtiers and stick to the original attitude.

They believed that the imperial examination was a law established by the ancestors and an important talent selection mechanism. It was Xu Jing's whimsy to abolish it suddenly and adopt some strange imperial examination.

They attacked Xu Jing as an unfaithful and unrighteous person who betrayed the old master and should be deposed, even killed. How could he steal the high position of Minister of Rites?

A group of local sheriffs who were originally scholars began to respond to this incident.

They also felt the huge lethality of the imperial examination system to them, and decided to firmly oppose it.

At the same time, they learned about the joint resistance movement of scholars taking place in Luoyang through various channels, and they were very excited.

They felt that the scholars who had been giving in step by step in the face of the imperial power had finally straightened up, and for the first time confronted the imperial power head-on, showing an attitude of never giving in.

It's a good thing, and a good thing anyway.

Scholars should bravely stand up against the imperial power, limit the imperial power, and put the evil imperial power in a cage!

Only by putting the imperial power in a cage can their power be demonstrated, and they can replace the imperial power and become the real masters of this country, acting recklessly and doing whatever they want.

Therefore, the imperial power must be limited. Since the founding of the Wei Empire, the emperor's increasingly powerful power will be completely restricted in this wave!

Crisis crisis, there is a crisis to have an opportunity!

Hold on!

With Luoyang as the center, the scholars and county guards wherever the message went felt that this was a great opportunity.

Except for a few scholars, the sheriff felt that something was wrong.

They felt that the emperor's reaction was not strong enough, and they might have left behind. They also considered their relationship with the emperor and their own future, so they hesitated.

However, more scholars and county guards still expressed their dissatisfaction, and they asked the emperor to consider the hearts of the people and the aspirations of the majority of scholars, and stop this dangerous behavior.

After the external support was conveyed to Luoyang, the resistance in Luoyang city was further escalated.

In order to coordinate the campaign better, Wei Shen, Qu Chu, Qi Yuan, Ma Miao and others agreed to elect the leader of the Huan family, the only one of the five major national law families that has not been married to the royal family, with a higher reputation and higher status. .

They jointly elected Huan Dian as their leader, leading them to fight against the imperial power and have a dialogue with the emperor.

Three demands -

First, depose Xu Jing, and punish Xu Jing, an "old thief" who has brought disaster to the country and the people.

Second, stop changing the prosecution system and restore everything to the original state.

Third, stop reviewing and prosecuting candidates, ignore those that have been found to be problematic, and keep all those that are not.

Not one can be missing.

We will not stop this kind of all-round confrontation if there is one less one. If we want to see if the state machine cannot continue to operate, we will still be your emperor in a panic.

Huan Dian was actually quite hesitant. After the previous incident happened, he was excluded from the core decision-making circle, and everything was known only later, so he was particularly anxious.

Now facing this kind of thing, he is even more disturbed.

He instinctively felt that he couldn't be a leader like this, and he couldn't lead the scholars to seek power from the emperor. This was a clear challenge to the imperial power. Once Guo Peng was angered...

Huan Dian understands how much Guo Peng cares about power.

He also knew how strong Guo Peng's force was.

He doesn't want to be typical.

He instinctively feared the imperial power, and was very afraid of the most prestigious emperor.

In this matter, he originally wanted to be a coward, but seeing more and more people in this family screaming and crying, he couldn't control the Huan clan to join the protesting army.

In the end, in desperation, Huan Dian was forced to agree to take on the role of the leader, to submit petitions to the emperor instead of everyone, to curb the excesses of the scholars a little, and to ask His Majesty the emperor to agree to their demands.

Agreed, everything will be back to normal.

If they don't agree, they will continue to strike, go on strike, and even further impact the daily order of Luoyang, such as manipulating the family business to strike the market.